San Diego All Days California
By Max
11/7/2022
On the first day, we checked into the hotel, went to lunch, then went to the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier from WWII. It fought against Japan from the army base on Midway Island. There was a part of an airplane that said Maverick in one seat and Goose in the other. Also, we did an audio tour and got to see around the control rooms and sleeping areas. We even went into the beds! After the audio tour, we went to this area where they had moving chairs and VR headsets to make it seem like we were really flying. It was a lot of fun. Then, we went to these things, that instead of chairs kinda moving, it went upside-down and all around while we were trying to shoot down enemy fighters. Brooke always made me be in control and she would be the gunner. It was so much fun. I learned that the fastest way to turn is to turn on the side, then pull up. Otherwise, you just did a barrel roll. We went to the flight deck and saw a lot of cool planes. We got to go in some, and even sit in the cockpit of a couple. There were at least 20 planes and helicopters there. After the aircraft carrier, we went back to the hotel, then went to dinner at Eno’s, a pizza place. The pepperoni pizza had no cheese, but the cheese pizza (thankfully) did. After dinner, we ate s’mores by a fire on a beach. We learned the Navy Seals train down the beach a couple of miles. After s’mores, we went to the room, and that was the end of day 1 in San Diego.
On the second day, I slept in because I finally have my own room. Before I woke up, Alisa and my mom went out and got muffins for us, and a cinnamon roll for us to split for dessert. I got a chocolate muffin. After breakfast, everyone went to the beach. I didn’t come because I was tired and was lazy that day. I was chillin all day until about 4, then I came to the pool and hot tub. After swimming, we got ready for dinner. At dinner, our waiter told us about the daily special, giant tomahawk ribeye’s. The size small was 45oz, medium 55oz, and large was 70oz. we got a small for me, my mom, and my dad to share. It was more than enough for us. Before the food came, we were playing in the field next to the dinner area. After dinner, we headed back to the room, and that was the end of a much-needed chill day.
The third day was fun. We woke up, ate breakfast, then went to the zoo. The first thing that we did at the zoo was to go on a bus ride to tour the zoo. We saw a lot of animals, but it was more of a summary of what to look at later. After the bus ride, we went to the reptile exhibit. There were so many snakes! My dad didn’t like it because he doesn’t like snakes. Then, we went on the sky rider. We saw a lot. The reason that we went on the sky rider was to get to the 4D theater. The glasses didn’t really work for me, but it was still cool. I jumped a little when the “grass” AKA a plastic cord hit me for effects. We then got lunch at a lunch shop. After lunch, we went to the tiger walk. We saw a few tigers, then found our way back to the car. We could’ve seen more, but two of my sisters were begging to go to a playground that didn’t exist. It was kinda confusing and crumbling the good mood. When we got back, we swam for a while, then got dinner. I played in the field again while waiting for dinner. The first play that I got on offense, I threw a touchdown across the field. We were using a pee-wee size foam football, but it was around 50 yards. I also would’ve got 2 pick sixes and a fumble recovery touchdown, but since at that point we were doing 2v2, I just took a knee. I also almost got a third pick, but I slipped. We ate dinner, then went to bed.
The last day was just go to the airport and travel home.
